Assistant Director of Development, Outreach, and Faith Community Engagement

Third Sector New England, Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 84,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits package

Remote work with occasional onsite

PTO and holidays

Job summary

Third Sector New England (TSNE) is seeking an Assistant Director of Development, Outreach, and Faith Community Engagement in Boston to advance fundraising, program development, and cross‑sector collaborations through faith communities and partners.

The role leads communications, donor relations, and strategic engagement, with supervision of interns and volunteers and collaboration across Safe Havens initiatives.

Qualifications

• MSW, Ed., MPA, MPH, M.Div., M.T.S., or BA with equivalent experience.
• Minimum two years of experience in field of domestic violence, sexual assault, and/or elder abuse.
• Four to six years of organizational management experience.
• Excellent organizational, communications, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of diverse racial, cultural, ethnic, socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Grant writing and fundraising experience.
• Ability to speak and teach about abuse and its effects on faith-affiliated victims.

Responsibilities

• Represent Safe Havens in community and national forums.
• Build and maintain partnerships with funders, faith communities, and service providers.
• Oversee communications: newsletters, social media, website, and publications.
• Develop programming for national and local audiences.
• Supervise interns, fellows, and volunteers.
• Collaborate on program development and evaluation.

Skills

MSW

Grant writing

Donor relations

Public speaking

Fundraising

Communication

Diversity experience

Policy knowledge

Website/public communications

Team collaboration

Education

MSW or equivalent

Advanced degree options (Ed., MPA, MPH, M.Div., M.T.S.)

BA with equivalent experience

Nonprofit management experience

Tools

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Third Sector New England

Assistant Director of Development, Outreach, and Faith Community Engagement

US-MA-Boston

Job ID: 2026-2692

# of Openings: 1

Category: Civil Rights, Social Action, and Advocacy

Safe Havens Interfaith Partnership Against Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse

Overview

Safe Havens Interfaith Partnership Against Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse (www.interfaithpartners.org) is a multi-religious nonprofit dedicated to ending domestic violence, sexual violence, and elder abuse. Safe Havens Interfaith Partnership Against Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse provides education, resources, and technical assistance to faith-based organizations and domestic and sexual violence advocates to catalyze partnerships and to create systemic change to support survivors and promote justice and long-term social change.

Safe Havens Interfaith Partnership Against Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse’ approach to intervention and prevention prioritizes the safety of victims over any religious, political, or financial interests. Because domestic violence and elder abuse cut across all boundaries of religion, age, race, ethnicity, class, language, culture, gender, sexual orientation, and geography, Safe Havens works with many diverse communities.

Safe Havens Interfaith Partnership Against Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse is a fiscal sponsor client of Third Sector New England, Inc.(TSNE) (tsne.org).

Responsibilities

The Assistant Director of Development, Outreach, and Faith Community Engagement is a full-time, senior level position, responsible for collaborating with and supporting the Director in all aspects of programming and administration of the Safe Havens organization, and also specifically responsible for:

Essential Functions

Agency Representation:

• Support the Director in representing Safe Havens in community and national forums.
• Build and maintain partnerships with funders, diverse faith community representatives, local and national service providers, and community partners.

Communications

• Responsible for all aspects of public relations, newsletters, social media, website and agency publications.
• Responsible for maintaining communications platforms.

Financial Development and Viability

• Work with Director to write and report on grant activities.
• Collaborate with Director on direct appeals and development of relationships with individual donors, constituents, and stakeholders.
• Responsible for maintaining donor database.

Leadership and Management

• Supervise seminary interns, fellows, and volunteers.
• Collaborate with staff to accomplish mission of Safe Havens.

Organization Mission and Strategy

• Collaborate with Director in identifying and acting on new opportunities both locally and nationally and building capacity around emerging issues.
• Address theological and scriptural issues at the intersection of faith and abuse.

Program Development

• Collaborate with Director to develop programming for national and local audiences.
• Assist Director in management, evaluation, and reporting of programming.

Social Justice

• Lead in centering agency’s work to end racism, ageism, homophobia, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and other forms of hatred and oppression, diversify staff and program participants, reach out to marginalized and underserved communities, and welcome everyone to take their part in Safe Havens’ work and journey.

The Assistant Director will maintain Safe Havens’ office-wide performance standards by adhering to values that are common to all Safe Havens staff, including but not limited to: working as a member of the Safe Havensteam and endeavoring to recognize and understand others’ roles; upholding the highest ethical standards in every aspect of work; valuing the differences among and contributions of the Safe Havens staff and stakeholders; treating others with professionalism and courtesy.

Qualifications

• MSW, Ed., MPA, MPH, M.Div., M.T.S., or BA with equivalent experience;
• Minimum two years of experience in field of domestic violence, sexual assault, and/or elder abuse;
• Four to six years of organizational management experience;
• Excellent organizational, communications, facilitation, and interpersonal skills;
• Knowledge, comfort, and experience working with individuals and groups of diverse racial, cultural, ethnic, socioeconomic, and religious backgrounds;
• Extensive computer skills including experience with Word, PowerPoint, Excel;
• Grant writing and fundraising experience;
• Ability to speak and teach about abuse and its effects on faith-affiliated victims;
• Ability to communicate effectively with both advocates and faith leaders;
• Knowledge of U.S. Constitution and constraints on faith-based work that is supported by federal or state funds;
• Experience with running social media, creating communications, donor data bases preferred;
• Excellent writing, editing, facilitation, training, and public speaking skills;
• Proven commitment to social justice (including work to end racism and other forms of oppression and full inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community) and to work in religious community to end domestic and sexual violence and elder abuse;
• Ability to respond effectively to numerous and sometimes competing deadlines;
• Flexibility to work demanding schedule that will include evenings and weekends and travel in state (car and valid driver’s license necessary) and nationwide.

• Specific Prerequisites: Ability to speak and teach scripturally and theologically about abuse and its effects on faith-affiliated victims and survivors.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those for this position. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. Work is performed in an office environment and in close proximity to other workers.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to:

• Handle, or feel objects, tools or controls;
• Reach; traverse; sit (usually for longer periods of time); occasionally ascend/descend; and position self (to) move;
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds;
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate;
• Job is not subject to significant occupational or environmental hazards;
• Likelihood of personal injury would be relatively slight;
• Environmental and work hazards are not present to a measurable degree.

Compensation and Benefits

Location: Remote with occassional on-site meetings or trainings.

Schedule: Monday through Friday with occassional weekend and evening work.

Compensation: The salary range for this position is $84,000-$87,000and is commensurate with experience.

Benefits: This position is eligible for a full benefits package including:

• Generous Paid-Time-Off (PTO): twelve paid holidays, three weeks of vacation, one week of personal holiday, and ability to accrue up to 487.5 hours of health leave time for benefited staff.
• 80% Employer-paid, offering some $0 deductible Health Insurance through Harvard Pilgrim along with several low-deductible plans;
• Low-cost Harvard Pilgrim/Point32Health Dental and Vision.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for Health and Dependent Care.
• Employer-paid Life, Long- and Short-Term Disability Insurance.
• Employer-paid Pension and Employee-paid 403b plan through TIAA.
• ...and more!

TSNE/Safe Havens strives to achieve excellence through a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment that embraces all of our individual and collective differences. Black, Indigenous, People of Color, Middle Eastern and North African, Bilingual and/or Bicultural candidates, and LGBTQ2SIA+ candidates are encouraged to apply. We value and honor the unique talents, learning styles, and lived experiences of each individual that enrich and strengthen our workplace culture, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

All employment conditions are based on an individual’s performance and job qualifications. TSNE/Safe Havens prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, creed, color, religion, native language, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, parental status, pregnancy, race-based hairstyles, or any other protected characteristic stated by federal and state law. Regardless of any class’ protection under the law or lack thereof, TSNE/Safe Havens celebrates diversity and values the strengths that come with having a diverse team of employees. It is represented in our workplace culture, and it is who we are.

TSNE/Safe Havens’ EEO statement extends to volunteers, interns, contractors, vendors, and clients.

TSNE/Safe Havens is committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the application and hiring process. If you need an accommodation to apply or participate in any part of the hiring process, please contact [e-mail]. Requests will be handled confidentially and shared only as needed to evaluate and implement the accommodation.

Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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